Mmegi, Botswana Radio Botswana, the only radio station in Botswana, and Daily News, the only daily newspaper, are both owned by the Government. Without a national TV station the radio is the most effective form of media in the country and reaches over 75% of households. The Daily News is also the most widely circulated newspaper with a print-run of 75,000 copies distributed free every weekday (Mmegi has a weekly circulation of about 15,000). Unlike the private press which only operates from Gaborone, the Daily News and Radio Botswana have correspondents in almost all towns and villages in the country. Mmegi, December 1990 Fence Sittin' was published weekly by Mmegi newspaper in Botswana from June 1990 to June 1992. Mmegi is run by an independent trust and is the most respected newspaper in Botswana. It is rightly regarded as the campaigning conscience of the media. Fence Sittin' covered national and international political and social issues including the minimum wage, the poor state of the health service, government corruption, excessive military spending, government bias and censorship in the media, aids, apartheid etc. Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm won the 1990 Botswana Press Trust Cartoon Award. Keywords: autografix, luke warm, titus mbuya, cartoon, mmegi, fence sittin', botswana, africa, politics, social issues, corruption, inequality, disparity, daily news, radio botswana, botswana democratic party, media control, government